will like grow lights and metal halide lights from home depot work they are rated for wattage etc. i hope so i really dont have much money so if you have some let me knwo thanks
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lighting q's
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to et plants to grow.. i think the color the bulb burns out... (kelvin) is important.. i don't know much about this.. i know artinic( blue ) is good and soo is anything that 6500k... this question maybe better for the planted forum
Like boosten said you need to make sure you have a higher rated K bulb like 6500K but I dont think they sell actinic bulbs at HD or Lowes but actinic light doesn't do anything for plants anyways. You could probably buy the MH fixtures from HD but the bulbs I'm not to sure of.
maybe not artinic.. don't plant benefit from blue light? pshh what the hell do i know lol im a cichla guy
bOOsteN aUdI;2405568; said:
Hehe yes plants do need blue light but they need the full spectrum of light from blue to red in whats called the Photosynthetically Active Radiation spectrum (PAR) from about 400nm to 700nm for optimal growth. Actinic lights only put out a small sliver of the blue spectrum which is why you see the bulbs labeled 420nm or 460nm which might do a little for plants but not enough to do much of anything.
well im just going to buy it and then buy plant growth and the K bulbs and thanks also let me kno how the fx5 works boostem after ur done